Recaps

Dong Xuebin learned about county bureau politics from Qin Yong and searched a local antique shop for a valuable item to anchor Cui Yundong's first auction. He uncovered a Hetian mutton-fat white jade hairpin hidden inside a Guanyin statue and arranged for Xiao Taoer to take it to Cui Yundong.

• Qin Yong treated Dong Xuebin to dinner, shared information about county bureau leaders, and tried to learn whether Dong had powerful connections.
• Cui Yundong told Dong that her auction company needed a valuable main lot, so Dong went looking for antiques in Yantai County.
• Hu Silian and her husband took Dong to Bao Xuan Pavilion, where Dong repeatedly used BACK to inspect broken porcelain but found no treasures.
• When a Guanyin statue fell and broke, Dong saw an ancient jade hairpin hidden inside it, used BACK to restore the scene, and bought the statue for five hundred yuan.
• Dong extracted the Hetian mutton-fat white jade hairpin and told Cui Yundong it could serve as the auction's main lot.
• Dong gave the hairpin to Xiao Taoer, who had come to Yantai County to collect it for Cui Yundong.

Dong Xuebin inspected Huitian Township Police Station, then visited his mother Luan Xiaoping at the township middle school and asked Yu Zhengzhi to transfer her to a county school. Yu refused, and Dong learned Yu was related to Hu Yiguo and was retaliating against him, leaving Dong determined to secure the transfer himself.

• Dong Xuebin drove to Huitian Township Police Station, met its leaders, and familiarized himself with the station and township.
• Dong Xuebin visited Luan Xiaoping at Huitian Township Middle School and decided to seek her transfer to a school in the county seat.
• Luan Xiaoping told Dong Xuebin that Education Bureau Director Yu Zhengzhi had a bad reputation and might have abused Zhou Mei.
• Dong Xuebin confronted Yu Zhengzhi about transferring Luan Xiaoping, but Yu refused and dismissed the request.
• Dong Xuebin called Qin Yong, who explained that Yu Zhengzhi was a distant relative of Hu Yiguo and was likely retaliating for Dong's actions against Hu.
• Dong Xuebin declined Qin Yong's offer to intervene and vowed to arrange Luan Xiaoping's transfer himself.

Dong Xuebin secretly investigated Yu Zhengzhi’s nephew Yu Wei and led a police raid on the gambling game at Yu Family Village. The players had just escaped, leaving Dong Xuebin wondering whether someone had leaked the raid.

• Yu Zhengzhi told Hu Yiguo he would block Luan Xiaoping’s transfer to a county school, and Hu Yiguo approved of his treatment of Dong Xuebin.
• After learning that Yu Zhengzhi’s nephew Yu Wei gambled in Yu Family Village, Dong Xuebin asked police officer Chu Feng to secretly find out where and when he played Mahjong.
• Chu Feng reported that Yu Wei’s group planned to gamble that evening, and Dong Xuebin assembled Liu Dahai and several officers without using police vehicles.
• Dong Xuebin led the officers to a courtyard in Yu Family Village and ordered them to raid the game.
• Dong Xuebin and the officers found an empty room with Mahjong tiles, cold beer, and money left behind, and Liu Dahai suggested someone in the village had warned the players.

Dong Xuebin secured his mother Luan Xiaoping’s transfer to County No. 1 Middle School, making Yu Zhengzhi back down and boosting Dong’s standing at the County Public Security Bureau. After Xie Huilan advised him to focus on solving cases and serving ordinary people, Dong resolved to build a solid foundation through practical work.

• Yu Zhengzhi told Dong Xuebin that Luan Xiaoping’s transfer to County No. 1 Middle School had been approved, and Dong arranged for Yu Wei’s release while imposing a ten-thousand-yuan fine.
• Yu Zhengzhi told Hu Yiguo that he had approved the transfer because he feared Yu Wei would reveal more, while Hu angrily argued that Yu Wei would soon be released anyway.
• Deputy Director Qin Yong, Hu Silian, and other County Public Security Bureau staff followed the dispute and thought more highly of Dong Xuebin after Yu Zhengzhi backed down.
• Dong Xuebin told Luan Xiaoping and her family about the transfer, and Luan agreed to return to her township school to complete the handover paperwork.
• Xie Huilan called Dong Xuebin, heard about his recent conflicts, and advised him to solve cases and do practical work for ordinary people.
• Dong Xuebin accepted Xie Huilan’s advice and resolved to use his authority to build a firm foundation through concrete accomplishments.

Dong Xuebin helped Luan Xiaoping settle into the school dormitory, then intervened when a strong-armed driver tried to take Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian away. The fight revealed that he could use Back in fractions of a minute, leaving him hopeful that he could divide his daily time reversal into many uses.

• Dong Xuebin drove Luan Xiaoping to County No. 1 Middle School, where the principal gave her a faculty dormitory room.
• Dong Xuebin took Luan Xiaoping to her new room, then spotted Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian begging on South Road Small Commodity Street and gave them all the money in his wallet.
• A driver from a wealthy boss tried to force Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian into his car, so Dong Xuebin stepped in and was struck by the driver.
• Dong Xuebin discovered that he could use Back for forty seconds and then for shorter intervals, allowing him to anticipate and defeat the driver.
• Dong Xuebin urged Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian to go home and realized that his daily minute of Back might be divided into as many as sixty one-second uses.

Dong Xuebin protected Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian from a driver trying to force them into a car, then revealed his authority as a deputy director when the police arrived. After learning the mother and daughter had lost their home and were burdened with debt, he helped them get a motel room and left them his number.

• Zhao Shuo called the police after Dong Xuebin beat his driver, and two officers arrived ready to arrest Dong without hearing the witnesses.
• Dong Xuebin challenged the officers, who recognized him as the county bureau's deputy director and began investigating the incident properly.
• An officer told Dong Xuebin that Zhao Shuo was Director Zhao's son, and Dong ordered the officers to remain and handle the matter fairly.
• Dong Xuebin drove Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian to their motel and learned that Yu Meixia's husband had died after gambling away their money, leaving more than a million in debt.
• Dong Xuebin found Yu Meixia preparing to sleep outside so she could save money for Yu Qianqian's tuition, gave her his remaining cash, and waited until they checked into a room.

Dong Xuebin trained his newly expanded BACK ability, then clashed with Hu Yiguo's faction over a supply request from Huitian Township Police Station. After Liang Chengpeng postponed the dispute, Dong and Qin Yong discussed Hu Yiguo's influence, and Dong resolved to build his standing by doing practical work.

• Dong Xuebin spent three days practicing BACK while tossing balls until he became more familiar with rewinding arbitrary intervals.
• Hu Silian warned Dong that Hu Yiguo objected to Huitian Township Police Station's supply request.
• At the Director's Office Meeting, Hu Yiguo opposed funding the request, while Dong Xuebin and Qin Yong defended the need to replace the station's computers.
• Liang Chengpeng postponed the decision after Wan Tao and Zhao Jinsong backed Hu Yiguo's position.
• Qin Yong told Dong that Hu Yiguo had taken credit for subordinates' cases and had influential allies, including Qian Sen.
• Dong Xuebin returned to his office and decided to focus on practical work to build the foundation for challenging Hu Yiguo.

Dong Xuebin confronted the Finance Section over its refusal to pay Huitian Township Police Station’s bonuses and turned the station’s frustration into a crackdown on cases involving well-connected offenders. After officers arrested several suspects and shut down a gambling den, Dong secured a fine from Wang Mingming and ordered compensation for the dog-bite victim.

• Dong Xuebin learned that the Finance Section was withholding the station’s bonuses and rejected its excuses for delaying payment.
• Dong Xuebin gathered the Huitian Township officers, promised extra rewards, and assigned them to arrest suspects from long-ignored cases involving powerful connections.
• Dong Xuebin led officers in raiding a gambling den, confiscated its gambling money, and raised the fine after the owner tried to call Wu Jun.
• The officers brought Wang Mingming to the station, and Dong ordered him to pay a five-thousand-yuan fine for his dog biting a villager.
• Dong Xuebin directed Chu Feng to investigate Wang Mingming and ordered half the fine paid to the victim as compensation.

Dong Xuebin led Huitian Township Police Station in cracking down on local bullies, collecting fines and compensating victims. After rewarding the officers, he left the township’s well-connected wrongdoers worried that they might be targeted next.

• Dong Xuebin ordered Liu Dahai to use the collected money to compensate victims and warned him not to let officers skim the funds.
• Dong Xuebin confronted Sun Dazhou over stealing corn, threatened to expose and publicly humiliate him, and got him to agree to pay a twenty-thousand-yuan fine.
• Zheng Xiaozhong confessed to his involvement in a fight and agreed to have his family pay a twenty-thousand-yuan fine.
• News spread that Dong Xuebin had punished connected bullies and compensated their victims, drawing praise from villagers.
• Dong Xuebin awarded the Police Station staff their promised bonuses plus an extra thousand yuan each after the operation collected ninety-one thousand yuan.
• Well-connected people in the township stayed home nervously, fearing Dong Xuebin would come after them next.

Dong Xuebin returned to the Huitian Township Police Station after earning his family's praise and joined the officers' sparring practice, where he exposed his weak fighting skills. When Wu Jun refused to transfer the station's bonuses, Dong Xuebin ordered Liu Dahai to bring Shan Da Lei in.

• Dong Xuebin's family praised his actions, and his uncle and aunt urged him to deal with Shan Da Lei, but Dong Xuebin decided not to escalate matters unnecessarily.
• Dong Xuebin joined the station's sparring practice and struggled against Er Lengzi, then said he wanted to train more often.
• Liu Dahai told Dong Xuebin that the Finance Section had finished calculating the bonuses and asked him to arrange their transfer.
• Wu Jun told Dong Xuebin that the bonus funds would not be transferred yet, citing the bureau's tight finances.
• Dong Xuebin, angered by Wu Jun's refusal, told Liu Dahai to bring Shan Da Lei in.

Dong Xuebin led officers to arrest Shan Da Lei, but Shan Dabing and a mob attacked them to stop the arrest. Using Back to evade and counter their assaults, Dong Xuebin fought through the crowd and left Shan Dabing with both legs broken.

• Dong Xuebin learned that Shan Da Lei had assaulted police and terrorized villagers, then ordered Liu Dahai to prepare a secret arrest.
• Xiao Zhang located Shan Da Lei drinking at a village restaurant, and Dong Xuebin's officers arrested him there.
• More than twenty hoodlums surrounded the police vehicles, assaulted officers, and smashed the vehicles while Wu Jun refused to make them withdraw.
• Dong Xuebin got out alone to confront the mob and used Back to dodge attacks and defeat several hoodlums.
• Shan Dabing led more attackers against Dong Xuebin, who used Back to break both of Shan Dabing's legs.

Dong Xuebin fought off the thugs who attacked him and his officers in Da Wang Village, then secured support from Liang Chengpeng to pursue the Shan brothers and the gang. The Huitian Township Police Station received its bonuses and additional equipment funding as Dong prepared a wider crackdown on local crime.

• Dong Xuebin used Back to defeat the remaining attackers, leaving seven thugs injured, and ordered Liu Dahai and Chen Fa to arrest them as the others fled.
• Dong Xuebin had Shan Dabing taken into custody and told Liu Dahai to gather evidence against Shan Da Lei and the others before submitting their cases to the County Public Security Bureau.
• Liang Chengpeng questioned Dong Xuebin about the violence, then approved his handling of the confrontation and ordered the Shan brothers transferred to the Serious Crime Squad.
• Hu Yiguo told Wu Jun that their brothers-in-law could not be saved, and Liang Chengpeng reprimanded Wu Jun and ordered three hundred thousand yuan in equipment funding for Huitian Township Police Station.
• Dong Xuebin met with Liu Dahai, Li Sanmiao, and Chen Fa to plan a broader crackdown, while the station's bonuses and equipment funds were confirmed.

Dong Xuebin visited Liang Chengpeng's hospitalized mother, then found Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian struggling to afford treatment and facing pressure from a predatory creditor. He paid Yu Meixia's remaining debt and left the grateful mother and daughter recovering in the hospital.

• Dong Xuebin learned from Qin Yong that Liang Chengpeng's mother had suffered cerebral thrombosis and visited her at the County People's Hospital.
• Dong Xuebin found Yu Meixia hospitalized with a fever and gave Yu Qianqian money to pay for her mother's treatment and bought them a meal.
• A creditor demanded repayment of Yu Meixia's debt and threatened to send her or Yu Qianqian to work at a nightclub.
• Dong Xuebin confronted the creditor, established that Yu Meixia's husband had borrowed four hundred thousand yuan, and arranged to pay the remaining two hundred and ten thousand yuan.
• Dong Xuebin told Yu Meixia the debt was settled, and Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian knelt and kowtowed to thank him.

Dong Xuebin hired Yu Meixia as his live-in nanny and offered her and Yu Qianqian a place to stay while deducting part of her salary toward her debt. After returning from an emergency meeting, he settled into his new household routine with them and enjoyed Yu Meixia’s cooking and massage.

• Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian visited Dong Xuebin to thank him, and Yu Meixia offered to work as his nanny to repay the money he had given them.
• Dong Xuebin hired Yu Meixia for three thousand yuan a month, arranged for one thousand to go toward her debt, and invited her and Yu Qianqian to live in his apartment.
• Dong Xuebin gave Yu Meixia the apartment key and five thousand yuan for expenses and necessities before leaving for an emergency case meeting.
• After returning, Dong Xuebin saw Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian in their new clothes, praised Yu Meixia’s cooking, and ate with them.
• Yu Meixia massaged Dong Xuebin’s head and back after the meal, easing his aches and pleasing him.

Dong Xuebin bought an oil painting after realizing Zhao Jinsong was interested in its depiction of plants, then inferred that it might show a valuable species growing on Da Sen Mountain. He brought Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian to search the mountain, and the chapter ended as they began exploring its back side.

• Dong Xuebin reminded Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian about household customs and manners, then left for work.
• Zhao Jinsong bought a landscape painting after asking whether it had been painted from life, so Dong Xuebin used BACK to return three minutes and buy it first.
• Liu Dahai told Dong Xuebin that Zhao Jinsong had worked at a botanical research institute and knew a great deal about plants, prompting Dong Xuebin to suspect the painting depicted a valuable plant.
• Dong Xuebin took Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian to Da Sen Mountain, where a villager warned them that venomous snakes lived on the mountain's back side.
• Dong Xuebin helped Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian climb to the back side of the mountain, where the three began searching for the plants shown in the painting.

Dong Xuebin, Yu Meixia, and Yu Qianqian found a patch of wild ginseng while searching Da Sen Mountain, including a hundred-year-old specimen worth a fortune. After harvesting the plants, Dong Xuebin used Back to prevent a fall from destroying them and brought the ginseng home, where he estimated the haul was worth about three million yuan.

• Dong Xuebin rested with Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian, who massaged him while they searched the mountain for the scenery in an oil painting.
• Yu Meixia found the cliff from the painting, and Dong Xuebin identified an unfamiliar leafy plant growing nearby.
• Dong Xuebin dug up the plant and discovered it was a hundred-year-old wild ginseng, then searched online for safe harvesting methods.
• Dong Xuebin, Yu Meixia, and Yu Qianqian carefully dug up roughly twenty wild ginseng plants of varying ages.
• When Dong Xuebin fell on the mountain path and the ginseng spilled from its container, he called out “Back five seconds” and rewound the scene to avoid the loss.
• Dong Xuebin cleaned and dried the ginseng at home, estimating that the collection was worth around three million yuan.

Dong Xuebin brought his Wild Ginseng to the Capital City, had it tested and packaged, then visited Yun De Auction House to submit two hundred-year roots for its upcoming auction. He left the ginseng with the auction house without telling Qu Yunxuan he had arrived, hoping to surprise her.

• Dong Xuebin arranged for a Wild Ginseng processing factory to test and package his roots, paying part of the fee with a thirty-year-old root.
• Dong Xuebin drove to the Capital City with the boxed ginseng and decided to visit Yun De Auction House, which he owned with Qu Yunxuan.
• Dong Xuebin showed Teacher Feng two hundred-year Wild Ginseng roots and asked to include them in the auction preview and sale.
• Teacher Feng called Qu Yunxuan, who approved the request and agreed to feature the ginseng in the next day's preview.
• Dong Xuebin signed the auction contract, left the two roots at Yun De Auction House, and kept his arrival secret from Qu Yunxuan.

Dong Xuebin returned to the Capital City and surprised Qu Yunxuan, only to be caught in bed with her by Mother Qu. After Mother Qu learned about their relationship and Dong Xuebin’s wealth, she tacitly accepted them, while Qu Yunxuan revealed that his Wild Ginseng would be the featured lot at the upcoming auction.

• Dong Xuebin returned to his apartment, found that Qu Yunxuan had kept it clean, and slipped into her bedroom to surprise her.
• Mother Qu caught Dong Xuebin and Qu Yunxuan in bed and demanded an explanation about their relationship.
• Qu Yunxuan admitted that she and Dong Xuebin were dating, and Mother Qu reconsidered after hearing about his business success and receiving a box of Wild Ginseng.
• Mother Qu left the couple to go to Dong Xuebin’s apartment, where Qu Yunxuan admitted she worried about depending on him and complicating his career.
• Qu Yunxuan told Dong Xuebin that the auction company had received two boxes of Hundred-Year Wild Ginseng for its upcoming auction, and he revealed that he had supplied them along with nearly twenty more boxes.
• Dong Xuebin left the Wild Ginseng with Qu Yunxuan for the auction company and carried her into the bedroom after asking for a reward.

Dong Xuebin used Back to help Yun De Auction Company's first auction achieve unusually high prices, easing Qu Yunxuan's fears about the company's prospects. The auction ended successfully, leaving Qu Yunxuan optimistic about Yun De's future.

• Qu Yunxuan left early to prepare for Yun De Auction Company's first auction, while Dong Xuebin slept in and brought an auction paddle registered under someone else's name.
• At the auction, Dong Xuebin used Back to raise the Hetian Jade Hairpin's price, then stopped bidding so the nouveau riche woman bought it for 950,000.
• Dong Xuebin bid up the Wild Ginseng lots, which sold for 1.2 million and 1.65 million.
• After the auction, Qu Yunxuan praised Dong Xuebin's results and wondered how he had judged the bidders' limits, then returned to oversee the work as Yun De's staff celebrated.

After the auction brought Yun De Auction Company’s estimated value close to ten million, Dong Xuebin bought Qu Yunxuan a Mercedes-Benz S-Class and urged her to reinvest the company’s earnings. They ended by planning to collect jadeite rough stone in Ruili for the company’s next Spring Auction.

• Dong Xuebin and Qu Yunxuan celebrated the auction’s success and learned that the company had earned around nine million yuan after taxes, with assets approaching ten million.
• Qu Yunxuan revealed that she had won a license plate lottery, and Dong Xuebin accompanied her to shop for a car before leaving for Yantai County the next day.
• Dong Xuebin insisted that Qu Yunxuan buy a silver Mercedes-Benz S350L, which she loved despite its price of over 1.3 million yuan.
• Dong Xuebin told Qu Yunxuan to keep the proceeds from the Wild Ginseng and Hetian Jade Hairpin in the company and prepare for the next auction.
• Qu Yunxuan suggested that Dong Xuebin use his stone-identification skill on jadeite rough stone, and they agreed to have someone collect stones in Ruili for the Spring Auction.

Dong Xuebin gave Qu Yunxuan a Mercedes and met her parents, then learned that Xie Huilan’s mother wanted to meet him. He drove to the Xie family’s residence with a gift and was welcomed by Xie Hao.

• Qu Yunxuan’s parents admired the new Mercedes, and Mother Qu became warmly accepting of Dong Xuebin after learning he had bought it for her daughter.
• Dong Xuebin drove the Mercedes around the city, and Xie Huilan called to say her parents wanted to meet him and asked him to bring a gift.
• Dong Xuebin chose a box of fifty-year-old wild ginseng and drove toward the Xie family’s villa, worrying that the family might reject him as Xie Huilan’s boyfriend.
• Xie Huilan told Dong Xuebin that his Mercedes could enter the Standing Committee Courtyard, and Xie Hao came out to escort him past the guards.
• Xie Hao called Dong Xuebin his brother-in-law and eagerly asked to borrow the Mercedes, but Dong Xuebin reminded him that he was underage and should focus on school.

Dong Xuebin visited Xie Huilan’s family, won Han Jing’s approval with a rare gift, and accompanied her to 305 Hospital. There, he used his connection with Han Jing to secure a top surgeon for Liang Chengpeng’s critically ill mother, whose operation began with a much higher estimated success rate.

• Dong Xuebin visited Xie Huilan’s home, where Han Jing initially rejected him and his gift but accepted the fifty-year-old Wild Ginseng after learning it was rare and valuable.
• Han Jing invited Dong Xuebin to dinner, and Xie Huilan arranged for him to accompany her to a hospital follow-up the next morning.
• Dong Xuebin drove Han Jing to 305 Hospital, where Vice President Qin recognized him as a younger member of her family.
• Dong Xuebin met Liang Chengpeng and his wife, who were seeking emergency surgery for Liang Chengpeng’s mother after doctors warned that her myocardial infarction was highly dangerous.
• When Liang Chengpeng’s mother suffered another attack, Dong Xuebin called Han Jing for help, and Vice President Qin arrived to perform the surgery personally.
• Vice President Qin’s team began the operation after estimating its success rate at over ninety percent, and Liang Chengpeng and his wife thanked Dong Xuebin.

Dong Xuebin helped Liang Chengpeng’s mother recover from a successful heart procedure and arranged a car, lodging, and dinner for Liang Chengpeng and his wife. Their gratitude turned to astonishment as they witnessed Dong’s powerful connections in the Capital City, and the chapter ended with Liang Chengpeng wondering who Dong really was.

• Vice President Qin reported that Liang Chengpeng’s mother’s surgery had succeeded and arranged special care for her during the danger period.
• Dong Xuebin drove Han Jing home after her examination, then returned to 305 Hospital to visit Liang Chengpeng’s mother and arrange a Benz for Liang Chengpeng to use.
• Dong Xuebin took Liang Chengpeng and his wife to Wangfu Restaurant, where Manager Zhao recognized him and gave their party special treatment.
• Secretary Shen greeted Dong Xuebin warmly at the restaurant and said he would treat him to a meal another day, leaving Liang Chengpeng and his wife stunned by Dong’s connections.

Dong Xuebin returned to Yantai County and reassured his mother about Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian, then arranged a county household registration and a place at County No. 1 Middle School for Qianqian. The chapter ended with Yu Meixia expressing her gratitude by washing and massaging Dong Xuebin in the bath.

• Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian met Public Security Bureau residents who treated them respectfully because of their connection to Dong Xuebin, and Qianqian told her mother she wanted to return to school.
• Luan Xiaoping questioned Dong Xuebin about hiring the mother and daughter, then welcomed them after hearing how he had helped them.
• Yu Meixia asked Dong Xuebin to help Qianqian enroll in school, and he arranged a county household registration for both of them and a place for Qianqian at County No. 1 Middle School.
• Dong Xuebin returned home and told Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian that the arrangements were made, prompting Qianqian to thank him tearfully.
• Yu Meixia entered the bathroom to scrub Dong Xuebin's back, wash his hair, and massage his feet.

After returning to work and checking on the investigation in Huitian Township, Dong Xuebin took Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian shopping to celebrate Qianqian's return to school. He bought Qianqian school supplies and an Apple laptop, then gave Yu Meixia a new phone, leaving the mother and daughter grateful and overwhelmed.

• Dong Xuebin met with Liu Dahai, Li Sanmiao, and other Huitian Township leaders, ordered them to pursue the trafficking and missing-person cases, and left the investigation to them.
• Yu Meixia told Dong Xuebin that Yu Qianqian had registered for school and that their household registration transfer was nearly complete.
• Dong Xuebin took Yu Meixia and Yu Qianqian to Golden Land Mall to celebrate Qianqian's return to school.
• Dong Xuebin bought Yu Qianqian a pink schoolbag, pens, and a pencil case after she shyly chose them.
• Dong Xuebin bought Yu Qianqian an expensive Apple laptop and promised to arrange internet access at home.
• Dong Xuebin bought Yu Meixia a pink Nokia N8 phone and told her to accept it as a work necessity.